Jonathan Silin - Democratic Erosion

To Build or Not to Build? A Look at the RI CRMC LNG Hearing by Jonathan Silin @ Brown University

This Tuesday, on a cold November evening, approximately fifty Rhode Island residents packed into the Administration Building cafeteria at One Capitol Hill in Providence. Some held signs emblazoned...

Mr. Thirty Percent: How did Abe Manage to Win Reelection? by Jonathan Silin @ Brown University

Brown University

In my previous post, I discussed the fact that while Abe employs populist-leaning tendencies in his policymaking, he himself is not a populist. Nevertheless, Abe’s rule has not been benign for...

What Gives: Why Hasn’t Populism Reached Japan? by Jonathan Silin @ Brown University

Brown University

Populism is thriving across the developed world. Yet populists do not always succeed in places that seem ripe for populism. Despite sharing many of the same problems with the United States and the...